British energy giant BP’s alleged role in winning the release of the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber must be investigated in light of its lucrative contract to explore Libyan oil fields, Sen. Chuck Schumer said yesterday.

The embattled oil company, which has substantial business in the US, may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by lobbying the British government to release Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Libyan man convicted nine years ago of blowing up the London to New York flight in 1988.

“No matter how powerful the corporation or how important a foreign government, a blood-money deal is a blood-money deal,” Schumer (D-NY) said.

He asked for the Justice Department to pursue the case.

Schumer’s call for a probe comes as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is preparing its own inquiry this week.

BP’s contract to explore Libyan oil fields could be worth as much as $20 billion.

Al-Megrahi was released last year because he allegedly had prostate cancer and had three months to live.

Ten months later, he is still alive.

BP already admitted that it lobbied UK officials saying the detention of al-Megrahi could harm its deal with Libya.